From the NME.
The guitarist was speaking to GibsonTV last month in a lengthy interview which covered his life and career in Black Sabbath, who bowed out for good in 2017.
Iommi recalled in the interview how Black Sabbath went about finding a new vocalist following the departure of the late Ronnie James Dio in November 1982.
“I phoned David Coverdale up, and he said, ‘Oh, I just got this band together, Whitesnake. Why didn’t you phone me before?’” Iommi said (46:00 in the below interview).
“I said: ‘Because [Dio] hadn’t left before; it’s happened now.’”
“It just went on a bit, and we couldn’t decide.”
Black Sabbath eventually hired Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan, who recorded the 1983 album ‘Born Again’ before leaving the band.
Bolton’s apparent audition has become part of the band’s folklore, but the soft-rock singer dismissed it as just “a rumour” in a 2014 interview.
“That rumour about me auditioning for Black Sabbath was only a rumour,” Bolton told The Echo in 2014. “I don’t know how on Earth it started.”
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- Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 3rd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $158.75, €151.25 (New Item) (arrived 26-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 27, 2025 at 4:02 am
BLACK SABBATH Paranoid (1972 UK third issue of the 1970 8-track LP on the small 'swirl' logo label with Vertigo lettering above the centre hole, front laminated gatefold picture sleeve with 'swirl' inner. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a little wear to the interior & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just a couple of light surface hairlines to show for over fifty years in the wild) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Black Sabbath - Never Say Die! - UK - vinyl LP - £60.00, $76.20, €72.60 (New Item) (arrived 23-Feb-2025 13:00)on February 27, 2025 at 4:02 am
BLACK SABBATH Never Say Die! (1978 UK Vertigo 'spaceship' label 9-track vinyl LP, housed in a fully laminated picture sleeve with illustrated credits inner. The inner shows a little foxing. Both sleeve and vinyl show only minimal evidence or storage or indication of play, remaining in Near Mint condition)
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - Dutch - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.75, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 19-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 27, 2025 at 4:02 am
BLACK SABBATH Black Sabbath (1976 Dutch issue of the 1970 7-track vinyl LP, gatefold picture sleeve with 'Printed & made by Bruin B.V. Zaandam/Holland' text on the back. The sleeve shows just a little edge scuffing and the beginning of a top split whilst the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play NEL6002) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Black Sabbath - Live Evil - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $31.75, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 19-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 27, 2025 at 4:02 am
BLACK SABBATH Live Evil (1983 UK 14-track double LP featuring the band fronted by Ronnie James Dio thundering through a set that includes Neon Knights, War Pigs, Iron Man, Fluff & many more. The glossy gatefold picture sleeve displays minimalwear, whilst the vinyl shows only a few faint signs of play SAB10)
- Black Sabbath - Turn Up The Night - UK - 12" picture disc - £25.00, $31.75, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 19-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 27, 2025 at 4:02 am
BLACK SABBATH Turn Up The Night (1981 UK limited edition 12" Picture Disc single, also including Lonely Is The Word. Great winged devil & cross image on the front, whilst the back has a group image with track details, clear PVC sleeve SABP612)
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